JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main Sample Paper-9

  • question_answer
    Let\[\vec{r}=(\vec{a}\times \vec{b})sinx+(\vec{b}\times \vec{c})cosy+2(\vec{c}\times \vec{a})\]where\[\vec{a},\vec{b},\vec{c}\]are three non-coplanar vectors. If r is perpendicular to \[\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c},\] then minimum value of \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}\] is

    A) \[\frac{{{\pi }^{2}}}{4}\]                               

    B) \[{{\pi }^{2}}\]

    C) \[\frac{5{{\pi }^{2}}}{4}\]                                             

    D) \[\frac{3{{\pi }^{2}}}{2}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    As\[\vec{r}=(\vec{a}\times \vec{b})sinx+(\vec{b}\times \vec{c})cosy+2(\vec{c}\times \vec{a})\] \[\And \vec{r}.(\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c})=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[[\vec{a}\vec{b},\vec{c}](sinx+cosy+2)=0\] As\[[\vec{a}\vec{b},\vec{c}]\ne 0\therefore sin\,x+cos\,y=-2\] \[\therefore \]\[\sin x=-1\And \cos y=-1\] \[x=-\frac{\pi }{2}\And y=\pi \] \[{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}=\frac{5{{\pi }^{2}}}{4}\]


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